Modern Indian artists have celebrated the body on the canvas for more than a hundred years. Amrita Sher-Gil, known as India's Frida Kahlo, may have been the earliest Indian artist in modern times to paint nudes, including a self-portrait. The Delhi Art Gallery’s latest show – "The Naked and the Nude" – presents a retrospective journey of the representation of the body in modern Indian art, mostly from the dawn of the 20th century to the present.

In an age when moviegoers bask in the fleeting "Dabangg" culture of Bollywood, a visit to an exhibition displaying the works of photographer Nemai Ghosh in Indian cinema’s centennial year is liberating. Ghosh, a Padma Shri awardee, is credited with documenting an aspect of show business that is far removed from the usual focus of the press. In a decades-long career, the accidental photographer -- he held the camera for the first time in exchange for a loan -- had filmmaker Satyajit Ray as his greatest muse.